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The Library: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 3:09am.
"University of Michigan library reading room, Ann Arbor, 1901." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
Radiation
Submitted by Dr. OTR on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 9:58pm.
My wife's aunt has a similar circular radiator at the top of the staircase in her home, in a town about 20 minutes from Buffalo, NY. The house is about 100 years old. I've never seen one anyplace else before now. It must be a fairly efficient way to heat a large space, such as this reading room. Though I can't quite figure out why it was installed in a house, where it dominates the top floor landing.
From the outside
Submitted by jsmakbkr on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 9:32pm.
Here's the history of the building (1881 - 1918), which sat on the southern side of what is now known as the "Diag" at the center of the campus, where the Hatcher Graduate Library is now.
Shhh!
Submitted by Ninabi on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 7:20pm.
No commenting in the library! Reading only, please!
Heroic Figure of Michigan
Submitted by Mattie on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 12:22pm.
The sad end of the plaster statue of Michigan is described here. The library is gone, too.
Communal Spaces
Submitted by GlenJay on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 11:31am.
You can tell a lot about what a culture values by its public and communal spaces. Shorpy keeps reminding us that the signals we send today don't measure up very well against a century ago.
Steam Heat
Submitted by jack on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 9:23am.
What a unique shape for the radiator that's in the foreground
Statuesque
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 8:17am.
Who does that well-armed statue represent, and what does the subject have to do with Michigan? Go Blue!!!
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